Lola - Version 1

Lola - Version 1

Lola wears sweatpants, but never sweats,
and never pants. And the trees in her yard
have leaves, but the trees never leave.

Her mother never mothers,
but always says, Brush your hair.
This makes her feel like a mother,
like a dog sometimes wants to be a cat,
leaping into your lap, attempting to purr.

Her boyfriend, Jim, wears ties,
but he can't tie the ties on his own,
which leads Lola to think he's
unsatisfactory as a man,
like a napkin that hates laps.

But Lola always brushes her hair,
and ties Jim's knots
before putting on sweatpants,
so she can be a writer that sits all day,
never sweating, rarely writing.

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Louise wears sweatpants, but she strongly swears,
she doesn't sweat, and never pants. The trees outside
have leaves, but the trees don't leave. They hide.
Her mother never mothers, she just stares,
and says, Louise, please brush your dirty hair.
This makes her feel like a mother inside,
like a dog that wants to be a green-eyed
cat, leaping into laps or an armchair.
Her boyfriend, Jim, wears ties, but he can't tie
ties on his own, which leads Louise to think
he's a man that can never satisfy,
like a napkin that hates laps and spills drinks.
But Louise always knots Jim's dangling ties,
and brushes her hair over dirty sinks,
always wearing sweatpants when she writes.
Never sweating, rarely even writing.